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gdalinfo

Lists information about a raster dataset.

# SYNOPSIS

    gdalinfo [--help-general] [-json] [-mm] [-stats] [-hist] [-nogcp] [-nomd]
             [-norat] [-noct] [-nofl] [-checksum] [-proj4]
             [-listmdd] [-mdd domain|`all`]*
             [-sd subdataset] [-oo NAME=VALUE]* datasetname

# DESCRIPTION

The gdalinfo program lists various information about a GDAL supported raster dataset.

-json
  Display the output in json format.
-mm
  Force computation of the actual min/max values for each band in the dataset.
-stats
  Read and display image statistics. Force computation if no statistics are stored in an image.
-approx_stats
  Read and display image statistics. Force computation if no statistics are stored in an image. However, they may be computed based on overviews or a subset of all tiles. Useful if you are in a hurry and don't want precise stats.
-hist
  Report histogram information for all bands.
-nogcp
  Suppress ground control points list printing. It may be useful for datasets with huge amount of GCPs, such as L1B AVHRR or HDF4 MODIS which contain thousands of them.
-nomd
  Suppress metadata printing. Some datasets may contain a lot of metadata strings.
-norat
  Suppress printing of raster attribute table.
-noct
  Suppress printing of color table.
-checksum
  Force computation of the checksum for each band in the dataset.
-listmdd
  (GDAL >= 1.11) List all metadata domains available for the dataset.
-mdd domain
  Report metadata for the specified domain. Starting with GDAL 1.11, "all" can be used to report metadata in all domains
-nofl
  (GDAL >= 1.9.0) Only display the first file of the file list.
-sd subdataset
  (GDAL >= 1.9.0) If the input dataset contains several subdatasets read and display a subdataset with specified number (starting from 1). This is an alternative of giving the full subdataset name.
-proj4
  (GDAL >= 1.9.0) Report a PROJ.4 string corresponding to the file's coordinate system.
-oo NAME=VALUE:
  (starting with GDAL 2.0) Dataset open option (format specific)

The gdalinfo will report all of the following (if known):

- The format driver used to access the file.
- Raster size (in pixels and lines).
- The coordinate system for the file (in OGC WKT).
- The geotransform associated with the file (rotational coefficients are currently not reported).
- Corner coordinates in georeferenced, and if possible lat/long based on the full geotransform (but not GCPs).
- Ground control points.
- File wide (including subdatasets) metadata.
- Band data types.
- Band color interpretations.
- Band block size.
- Band descriptions.
- Band min/max values (internally known and possibly computed).
- Band checksum (if computation asked).
- Band NODATA value.
- Band overview resolutions available.
- Band unit type (i.e.. "meters" or "feet" for elevation bands).
- Band pseudo-color tables.

# C API

Starting with GDAL 2.1, this utility is also callable from C with GDALInfo().

# EXAMPLE

    gdalinfo ~/openev/utm.tif
    Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFF
    Size is 512, 512
    Coordinate System is:
    PROJCS["NAD27 / UTM zone 11N",
        GEOGCS["NAD27",
            DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",
                SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213901]],
            PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
            UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
        PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
        PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],
        PARAMETER["central_meridian",-117],
        PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],
        PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],
        PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
        UNIT["metre",1]]
    Origin = (440720.000000,3751320.000000)
    Pixel Size = (60.000000,-60.000000)
    Corner Coordinates:
    Upper Left  (  440720.000, 3751320.000) (117d38'28.21"W, 33d54'8.47"N)
    Lower Left  (  440720.000, 3720600.000) (117d38'20.79"W, 33d37'31.04"N)
    Upper Right (  471440.000, 3751320.000) (117d18'32.07"W, 33d54'13.08"N)
    Lower Right (  471440.000, 3720600.000) (117d18'28.50"W, 33d37'35.61"N)
    Center      (  456080.000, 3735960.000) (117d28'27.39"W, 33d45'52.46"N)
    Band 1 Block=512x16 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Gray

Generated for GDAL by 1.8.8.